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My dental hygienist told me about an old client who developed caries in her teeth because of the acid.

fbdab103 3y ago
Vinegar has a similar pH to a Coke Cola. I would hazard a wild guess that the population drinks significantly more Coke than vinegar.
- serf 3y ago
  "as good for your teeth as Coca Cola" is a low bar.
  - fbdab103 3y ago
    No doubt, but an occasional bolus of vinegar seems less harsh than what many people routinely consume.
    - lettergram 3y ago
      Could even mitigate further with a straw
  - frankacter 3y ago
    The average consumer is not diluting their Coca Cola at a rate of 15ml Coke to 250 mL water, which is the high end of consumption for this study, 5ml to 250ml being the low end.
- faeriechangling 3y ago
  I didn't believe you, so I looked it up. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808596 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808596 A PH of 2.37 for Coca Cola https://www.fda.gov.tw/tc/includes/GetFile.ashx?mID=148&id=8301 https://www.fda.gov.tw/tc/includes/GetFile.ashx?mID=148&id=8... A mean Ph of 3.10 for Taiwanese apple cider vinegar, and 2.78 for "Imported" apple cider vinegar. Somehow I can't believe what I'm reading but you appear to be correct and if anything are understating your case. Amazing what adding obscene amounts of sugar to a beverage will do to our perception of sourness. What you're saying is so counter-intuitive your post was grey by the time I got to it but unpopular doesn't mean wrong. Honestly this mostly makes me worry about coca-cola though... maybe we should be diluting it and drinking it through a straw :)
  - gxs 3y ago
    Worth noting that ph is a logarithmic scale. This means that apple vinegar is more acidic than you might think just by looking at ph if you don’t take that into account.
  - newprint 3y ago
    just for fun, try to convert 2.37 = log_10(x) & 2.78 = log_10(x), and see how large the difference is (A: 234.4 vs 602.6).

Vinegar has a similar pH to a Coke Cola. I would hazard a wild guess that the population drinks significantly more Coke than vinegar.

serf 3y ago
"as good for your teeth as Coca Cola" is a low bar.
- fbdab103 3y ago
  No doubt, but an occasional bolus of vinegar seems less harsh than what many people routinely consume.
  - lettergram 3y ago
    Could even mitigate further with a straw
- frankacter 3y ago
  The average consumer is not diluting their Coca Cola at a rate of 15ml Coke to 250 mL water, which is the high end of consumption for this study, 5ml to 250ml being the low end.
faeriechangling 3y ago
I didn't believe you, so I looked it up. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808596 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808596 A PH of 2.37 for Coca Cola https://www.fda.gov.tw/tc/includes/GetFile.ashx?mID=148&id=8301 https://www.fda.gov.tw/tc/includes/GetFile.ashx?mID=148&id=8... A mean Ph of 3.10 for Taiwanese apple cider vinegar, and 2.78 for "Imported" apple cider vinegar. Somehow I can't believe what I'm reading but you appear to be correct and if anything are understating your case. Amazing what adding obscene amounts of sugar to a beverage will do to our perception of sourness. What you're saying is so counter-intuitive your post was grey by the time I got to it but unpopular doesn't mean wrong. Honestly this mostly makes me worry about coca-cola though... maybe we should be diluting it and drinking it through a straw :)
- gxs 3y ago
  Worth noting that ph is a logarithmic scale. This means that apple vinegar is more acidic than you might think just by looking at ph if you don’t take that into account.
- newprint 3y ago
  just for fun, try to convert 2.37 = log_10(x) & 2.78 = log_10(x), and see how large the difference is (A: 234.4 vs 602.6).